Rig Veda (translation and commentary)
by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382
The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...
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Rig Veda 1.37.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒हेव॑ शृण्व एषां॒ कशा॒ हस्ते॑षु॒ यद्वदा॑न् । नि याम॑ञ्चि॒त्रमृ॑ञ्जते ॥
इहेव शृण्व एषां कशा हस्तेषु यद्वदान् । नि यामञ्चित्रमृञ्जते ॥
iheva śṛṇva eṣāṃ kaśā hasteṣu yad vadān | ni yāmañ citram ṛñjate ||
English translation:
“I hear the craking of the whips in their hands, wonderfully inspiring (courage) in the fight.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒हऽइ॑व । शृ॒ण्व॒ । एषा॑म् । कशाः॑ । हस्ते॑षु । यत् । वदा॑न् । नि । याम॑न् । चि॒त्रम् । ऋ॒ञ्ज॒ते॒ ॥
इहइव । शृण्व । एषाम् । कशाः । हस्तेषु । यत् । वदान् । नि । यामन् । चित्रम् । ऋञ्जते ॥
iha-iva | śṛṇva | eṣām | kaśāḥ | hasteṣu | yat | vadān | ni | yāman | citram | ṛñjate
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.37.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“whip.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“hand; hand; proboscis; hasta [word]; autograph.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“describe; teach; speak; tell; say; call; name; enumerate; declare; diagnose; address; say; pronounce; express; instruct; order.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“expedition; path; expedition; arrival.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“painting; citra [word]; decoration.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative